Use of the oesophageal detector device in children under one year of age.
The efficacy of a modified oesophageal detector device was evaluated in a single-blind study of 20 healthy infants. It was found to be unreliable as a method to discriminate oesophageal from tracheal intubation in this age group.
Haynes
S R
SR
Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow.
Morton
N S
NS
D004867:Equipment Design; D004947:Esophagus; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007440:Intubation; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016037:Single-Blind Method